Microemulsion gel systems: Formulation, stability studies, biopolymer interactions, and functionality in food product development

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 24(2)

Published: Feb. 3, 2025

Abstract Microemulsion gels (MGs) are nanostructured systems created by the addition of thickening agents/biopolymers to a microemulsion's aqueous or oily phases, offering benefits like improved solubilization, enhanced stability, high encapsulation efficiency, and sustained release with versatile applications in food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetology. MGs intricate thermodynamic robustness controllable rheological characteristics crucial for obtaining structural integrity achieving innovative results regarding food product development diverse areas including colloidal carriers, packaging, active compound delivery, antimicrobial vectors, production biopolymer nanoparticles. Therefore, comprehensive analysis, hence understanding about MG systems, is needed identify trends gaps, helping researchers promising innovation providing direction future research. This review offers analysis their characteristics, formulation, formation mechanisms, design approaches, digestion dynamics, properties. excel solubilizing hydrophilic lipophilic bioactives due viscosity interconnected droplet network within gel matrix. Despite advantages, challenges, such as formulation complexity, require further understanding. article also explores biopolymers, characterization, extensive applications, while addressing case studies, emerging leveraging potential enhancing functionality, nutritional value.

Language: Английский

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Manipulating supramolecular gels with surfactants: Interfacial and non-interfacial mechanisms

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 318, P. 102950 - 102950

Published: June 17, 2023

Language: Английский

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Bridging the gap: an investigation of biosurfactants-polymer systems

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 72, P. 101806 - 101806

Published: April 28, 2024

Language: Английский

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Viscoelastic systems from glycolipid biosurfactants

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 71, P. 101805 - 101805

Published: April 6, 2024

Language: Английский

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Interpenetrated Biosurfactant–Biopolymer Orthogonal Hydrogels: The Biosurfactant’s Phase Controls the Hydrogel’s Mechanics

Biomacromolecules, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 24(1), P. 33 - 42

Published: Dec. 28, 2022

Controlling the viscoelastic properties of hydrogels is a challenge for many applications. Low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) like bile salts and glycolipids biopolymers chitosan alginate are good candidates developing fully biobased hybrid that combine advantages both components. Biopolymers lead to enhanced mechanics, while LMWGs add functionality. In this work, composed (gelatin, chitosan, alginate) microbial glycolipid bioamphiphiles, known as biosurfactants. Besides their biocompatibility natural origin, bioamphiphiles can present chameleonic behavior, pH ions control phase diagram in water around neutrality under strongly diluted conditions (<5 wt%). The used work behaves surfactant (micellar phase) at high or phospholipid (vesicle low pH. Moreover, neutral-to-alkaline presence calcium, it gelator (fiber phase). impact each these phases on elastic explored by means oscillatory rheology, structure studied small angle X-ray scattering. micellar vesicular reduce hydrogels, fiber has opposite effect; enhances hydrogel's strength forming an interpenetrated biopolymer–LMWG network.

Language: Английский

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Harnessing Glycolipids for Supramolecular Gelation: A Contemporary Review

ACS Omega, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(24), P. 25513 - 25538

Published: June 6, 2024

Within the scope of this review, our exploration spans diverse facets amphiphilic glycolipid-based low-molecular-weight gelators (LMWGs). This journey explores glycolipid synthesis, self-assembly, and gelation with tailorable properties. It begins by examining design glycolipids their influence on gel formation. Following this, a brief several characterization techniques adds another layer to understanding these materials. The final section is dedicated unraveling various applications supramolecular gels. A meticulous analysis available correlations desired properties for distinct pivotal aspect investigation. As present moment, there exists notable absence review exclusively gelators. study aims bridge critical gap presenting an overview that provides novel insights into unique versatile applications. holistic examination seeks contribute deeper molecular design, structural characteristics, functional offering can propel advancements in converging scientific disciplines. Overall, highlights classifications glycolipid-derived particularly emphasizes capacity form

Language: Английский

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Amphiphilic monomers bridge hydrophobic polymers and water

Soft Matter, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 19(48), P. 9489 - 9495

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

We mix the amphiphilic monomer acrylic acid, hydrophobic polymer poly(methyl methacrylate), and water. report various morphologies, which we interpret by invoking that can bridge

Language: Английский

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Bio-Based Surfactants and Green Soft Materials

Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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